deepstars(6x)

📦
version 6.17 · 10 versions
, in fedora 44

💫 deepstars 💫

okay bestie, so this one is literally the XScreenSaver manual page for deepstars, and I'm about to make it make sense. sit with me. 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

deepstars — screen saver. that's it, that's the whole job. she saves your screen. iconic behavior. 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

deepstars [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window]
[--root] [--window-id number] [--delay number] [--speed number] [--smear
number]

🌌 DESCRIPTION 🌌

Picture this: a long exposure of the night sky, and every star is dragging its little trail across the frame like a vapor trail. that's the vibe. that's it. main character astronomy. ⭐

💖 OPTIONS 💖

  • --visual visual — tell her which visual to use. the legal moves: you can hand over the name of a visual class, OR the id number of a specific visual — and yes, that number can be decimal or hex. no judgement, both ate.
  • --window — draw on a newly-created window. this is the default, so if you say nothing at all, this is what you get. lowkey the standard girlie. 🪟
  • --root — draw on the root window. going full desktop takeover, periodt. 👑
  • --window-id number — draw on the exact window you point at. you pick, she paints. 🎯
  • --delay number — per-frame delay, measured in microseconds. default is 30000, which is 0.03 seconds. yes microseconds, we're being precise here ngl.
  • --speed number — animation speed. 2.0 means twice as fast, 0.5 means half as fast. do the math bestie, ratios are giving. 🔥
  • --smear number — how long the vapor trails should be. 2.0 means twice as long, 0.5 means half as long. the swoosh factor, if you will. 🌈

🌸 ENVIRONMENT 🌸

  • DISPLAY — used to get the default host and display number. the classic.
  • XENVIRONMENT — used to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property. yep. all of that. exactly that. 💜
  • XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW — the window ID to use with --root. don't forget it exists bestie, it's right there.

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

go read those too, i'm not gatekeeping. ✨

Copyright © 2019 by Jamie Zawinski.

Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation. No representations are made about the suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.

fr fr read that part properly — "as is" means AS IS. no promises, no guarantees, no vibes-based warranty. 🫶

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Jamie Zawinski.

okay that's the whole page!! and before you go, the receipts at the bottom say this is from X Version 11, specifically 6.17-1.fc44, dated 13-Oct-2026. slay, that's a wrap, go run it. 💖 ✨ 🎀

📦 where this page comes from